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From: darweesh@zephyrus.crd.ge.com (Michael Darweesh)
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Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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Date: 8 Nov 90 14:20:47 GMT
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Yea, I'm sure I'm gonna regret getting involved with this discussion, but
there's a point or two that I feel have been left out...
When I bought an Macintosh, some of my friends/fellow students/co-workers
had a Mac or were considering buying a Macintosh.  Part of the reason we all
bought Macs was the prices although high, was affordable even if we did
have to get an extra student loan or something.  

Also, Macintosh has been exposed to many more people than next.  Almost 
everyone at my high school has had an oppurtunity to use a Mac and that was
3 years ago!  I don't think too many of them have ever heard of a next.

Now, the next may have better "bang for the buck", but if I've never heard
of the next, do you really think I'm gonna go spend a couple grand on one.
Admittedly, next is trying to get thier foot in at some universities, but
by then, I had already spent my money on a Mac.  I was already familiar
with the machine.  All I knew about the next was what I read in the newspaper
(until I got to college).  Maybe the next is better...I didn't know that
when I made my decision (it was a really expensie machine back then anyway).
I didn't know Unix when I bought my Mac either...

-Mike Darweesh
weesh@crd.ge.com
ps. typing at a mac and damn proud of it (although you can't tell from the
	content of the e-mail)